Kirkpatrick Park – Ville Saint Pierre

Guess it is actually Lachine now since the mergers, since the not so SuperCity was introduced.

On this side of the park complex is a football/soccer field. The other side has basketabll courts, hockey rinks in winter, jungle gyms, etc.

You may note that trains pass right through the back creating, in effect, a barrier between this neighborhood and the west section of the Falaise Saint Jacques and Montreal West.

On the south side of the field is the Arena Martin Lapointe which features some pretty nice murals that are surprisingly untagged over. It’s called respect.

It is a low income neighborhood, not unlike Saint Henri at the other end of the Falaise. This park seems like a good place to consider as an “anchor” for a potential bike path system that would go north to Meadowbrook Golf Course, east along the Falaise, (going south to Lasalle via the Angrignon area.), and south towards the Lachine waterfront where it would hook up with the current system.

As insignificant as it may appear there is a small pedestrian tunnel that connects the north/south sides of the tracks.

Wow. I was borne in Ville St Pierre, and lived there until 1958. There was no Tunnel on Maple Street. It was wide open leading up to Montreal West.

The Park was the center of the Village. The Arena Martin Lapointe was originally Trenholme School. Now that VStP is part of Lachine, I lost the name of the street where I was borne. It was 4th Ave. and is now called Boyer Ave. !!!!

Hey, know what, the park used to be a farm. It was called Lasche Farm, until about 1950 or so.